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The East River is a saltwater tidal estuary or strait in New York City. The waterway, ... In 1849, a French engineer whose specialty was underwater blasting, ...
1885 explosion. The removal of obstructive rocks from Hell Gate, a narrow tidal strait in New York City's East River and a major water transportation route, began in 1849, when French engineer Benjamin Maillefert, cleared some of the rocks.
Berrien's Island Supreme Court Case Records, 1849-1851 at the Queens Central Library, Berrien's Island had fallen within the County's jurisdiction (the County of New York's line of boundary on the North, across the East river into Flushing Bay). [4] The island is also a half-mile from Astoria than the present location at Randall's Island. [4]
The name "Hell Gate" is a corruption of the Low German or Dutch phrase Hellegat which means “bright gate”. It first appeared on a Dutch map as Helle Gadt. [2] The name was originally applied to the entirety of the East River, by Dutch explorer Adriaen Block, the first European known to have navigated the strait, who bestowed the name sometime during his 1614–1616 voyage aboard the Onrust ...
New York City and the East River, 1848. Bird's-eye view of New York City, 1851. The city and its nearby suburbs grew rapidly for several reasons. The natural harbor at the base of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the New Jersey ports at Newark and Elizabeth provided almost unlimited capacity for trading ships and protection from storms. Not until 1985 ...
The initial movement of the Mormons from Nauvoo, Illinois to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake occurred in two segments: one in 1846 and one in 1847. The first segment, across Iowa to the Missouri River, covered around 265 miles. The second segment, from the Missouri River to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, covered about 1,032 miles.
New York Mayor Eric Adams announced a plan Monday to house as many as 2,000 migrants on an island in the East River where a migrant center was set up last year and then taken down weeks later. The ...
20 January 1849: After many trials, the line from Baltimore to New York City is finally extended across the Hudson River at Jersey City. [ 62 ] 13 February 1849 : Line from Boston reaches Saint John, New Brunswick with completion of leg to Calais, Maine , and this spurs the start of the Nova Scotia Pony Express to take news from European ...